Yes, I understand. I'm a different parent for each of my kids.

 

It's amazing how much mischief my younger one can get into after my older one falls asleep -- and she never wakes up.

 

As a teacher I treat all my students differently, and I'm up front about that.

I feel they're all individuals with different needs and it's my job to meet them where they are and to make sure that they all grow.

C started polevaulting out of his crib at 16 mos. He did it over night and then we warned his daycare the next day and they said, "Oh, that's a fluke." Then they called me at 1:30 and told me he'd done it 3 times in the past half hour and I'd better get him another sleeping arrangement, pronto.

LOL.

 

My parents definitely treated us differently. My younger sister had a lot less freedom than I did (not my fault), and I asked her once if that bothered her. She said, nah, I still have more freedom than most of my friends.